While many in the Skerries area have the option to fill their tanks between 6am and 10am, residents such as Ms Power living in elevated estates such as Barnageeragh Cove have no access to running water at all.

Local councillor Tom O'Leary said he has been in contact with Irish water about the situation and has been told there are two solutions.

The first would be to find another water supply, and the second would be to insert extra pumps in the area to help take water to elevated areas.

While the main priority of Irish Water was to keep supplies operational, Loughshinny had outages yesterday due to a burst pipe.